The Last Serb in Croatia (Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj, Croatia/Serbia, 2019)
The Last Serb in Croatia ( Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj, 2019, Croatia/Serbia), is a mordant summary of the last 30 years during which Croatia declared independence from the imploding Yugoslavia, brutally squashed an unwise Serb rebellion, underwent a neoliberal political and economic reform, and joined NATO and EU. The film ridicules chauvinism through irony and sarcasm, by contrasting exaggerated feelings of ethnic pride with vices, stereotypes, and shortcomings, to expose the contradictions inherent in the notions of ethnic purity. Ličina’s satire is hyperbolic to the point of absurdit...